ost

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ost is a Sindarin word, meaning "fort, citadel".^[1]

Examples[edit]

Angrenost = "Iron Fortress"
Belegost = "Mighty Fortress", Mickleburg
Carchost
Narchost
Osgiliath
Fornost = "Northern Fortress"

Cognates[edit]

Quenya osto

References

↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 232

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Sindarin nouns